Virginia Cottingham Obituary

Virginia Lee "Gee" DuBose Cottingham MANNING, S.C. - Virginia Lee "Gee" DuBose Cottingham, 91, wife of Mitchell Caradine Cottingham, died Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning. Born July 8, 1917, in Sardinia, she was the daughter of the late Marion Epps DuBose Sr., and the late Mora Davidson DuBose. She was a 1939 graduate of Winthrop College, having earned a Bachelors Degree in Education. She was married to Mitchell on June 20, 1942. She taught in the public schools of Summerton and East Clarendon school systems, and formerly owned and operated a gift shop in Manning. Virginia Lee was a member of The Presbyterian Church at Manning, where she served as an Elder, was head of the Children's Junior Dept. and conducted seminars throughout the state with this program, was past President of the Presbytery, past president of the Women of the Church, and past Commissioner to the General Assembly of Presbyterian US in 1976. She was active in the American Legion Auxiliary Williams-Burgess Post #68, serving as past president, and counselor for Girl's State in Columbia. Her focus was on Christian faith and family relationships. Surviving are her husband of Manning; her daughter, June C. Briggs and her husband Robert of Manning; two grandsons, Robbie Briggs and his wife Amy, and Coty Briggs and his wife Aften all of Manning; great grandchildren, Grace, Carol Ann, Rob and Mitchell Briggs; and an aunt, Pauline Sewell of Montgomery, AL. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Mora Elizabeth Cottingham. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 6, 2009, at The Presbyterian Church at Manning, with the Rev. Dr. William J. Holmes officiating. Burial will follow in Manning Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Stephens Funeral Home in Manning. Memorials may be made to the Young Adults and Youth of The Presbyterian Church at Manning, P.O. Box 207, Manning, SC 29102. STEPHENS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, 304 N. Church Street, Manning, is in charge of arrangements. (803) 435-2179 www.stephensfuneralhome.org Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths